GOGGLE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

goggle

verb

ˈgä-gəl

Definition of goggle

as in to stare

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade

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Recent Examples of goggle Studio commissaries, cafeterias and executive dining rooms long have been spaces to surreptitiously goggle at visiting talent as well as places to be seen with the powers that be for girding one’s position in the corporate pecking order. — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 Snoop got schooled in the pool, even after breaking down and goggling up. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024 Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise. — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020 Any human eye, goggled by a car’s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019 See All Example Sentences for goggle

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Walking into a room to do some task or other, they’ll get stuck obsessively staring at the door hinges.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of stare

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Those who fall short have to be satisfied with simply gazing at the destination from the parking lot.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
But to gaze upon those towering trees from a slow train with a stiff drink in your hand — that’s something else entirely.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of gaze

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The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Closer still to the falls, the mist is heavy enough to drench the sightseers stopping to gawk at the spectacle from viewing points, or on slippery pathways between the various lookouts.

— Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of gawk

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